Face Time with Alex DeBarr

This post originally appeared in the December/January edition of Signaturemagazine.

Associations have never been more competitive in the publishing arena than they are now, but it takes an agile, tuned-in organization to capitalize on the opportunities.

Fresh out of college back in the day, Alex DeBarr spent a year as an editor before finding his calling in ad sales. For 22 years, he worked in various revenue-building and leadership capacities at Advanstar Communications as an executive vice president and then left to join Naylor Association Solutions as the first non-Naylor CEO in company history.

After 10 years with Naylor, DeBarr is as high on association publishing as he’s ever been. Here he speaks candidly with Signature readers about where to invest in 2019 and how to be more competitive.